{"id":171650,"date":"2026-02-10T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171650\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:03:24","slug":"trans-high-school-track-athlete-wins-first-place-in-girls-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171650\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans high school track athlete wins first place in girls\u2019 competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

A transgender California high schooler snatched up first place for the girls\u2019 triple jump at a winter championships event Saturday, as the Trump administration launches a federal probe into the state\u2019s transgender sports policies.<\/p>\n

AB Hernandez, a Senior at Jurupa Valley High School in Riverside County, recorded a jump of 39 feet and 10 inches, while second place recorded a jump of 39 feet and 3\u00bc inches at the VS California Winter Championships, according to results posted online<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hernandez also took home second place in the long jump event, the competition was held at Arcadia High School<\/p>\n

VS Athletics \u2014 a specialized sporting goods retailer \u2014 declined to comment to The Post\u2019s request for comment about Hernandez\u2019s participation in the competition.<\/p>\n

AB Hernandez has been competing since she was a freshman in high school. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cI get a lot of hate comments, but I don\u2019t really care. I\u2019m a 16-year-old girl with a strong attitude \u2014 do you really think I\u2019m going to listen?\u201d Hernandez said in an interview with KCRA last year <\/a>after she received criticism for competing with female athletes. <\/p>\n

Hernandez, who came out as transgender in eighth grade, told the local news station she had received threats and online harassment.<\/p>\n

Hernandez finished tied for first place in the girl\u2019s high jump and got first place in the triple jump at another championship event in June, according to a report. Her appearances in the events have sparked controversy over transgender athletes competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

The trans athlete has consistlenty won in women\u2019s events. AP<\/p>\n

Local residents have also protested her participation in women\u2019s-only events, holding signs reading \u201cSave girls\u2019 sports,\u201d \u201cTwo Xs, no exceptions,\u201d and \u201cGirls\u2019 sports for girls only\u201d throughout the season.<\/p>\n

Hernandez has said in the past she was able to drown out the boos with support from fellow athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey really made my experience perfect, and I\u2019ll be forever grateful to them,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThere are people out there who don\u2019t have that kind of support, so I\u2019m very grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez\u2019s case has drawn renewed attention after the Trump administration expanded its probe into transgender athletes, placing her back in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Education recently added the California Community College Athletic Association \u2014 which oversees 108 athletic programs statewide \u2014 to its existing investigation into transgender athletes launched last year, an inquiry that has also named Jurupa Valley High School among other schools.<\/p>\n

The Trump department of education is investigating California for violation of federal law. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen\u2019s sports are for women,\u201d said Kimberly Richey, the department\u2019s assistant secretary for civil rights. \u201cThe Trump administration will not tolerate policies that erase women\u2019s rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court is weighing cases involving state laws that bar transgender athletes from participating in girls\u2019 and women\u2019s sports, though it has not indicated whether it would challenge states like California that allow athletes to compete based on gender identity. <\/p>\n

Under California law, students are permitted to participate in school sports according to their gender identity, not their sex assigned at birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A transgender California high schooler snatched up first place for the girls\u2019 triple jump at a winter championships…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,6492,4182,57606,40284,1519,3586,82221],"class_list":["post-171650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-investigations","tag-metro","tag-trans","tag-transgender","tag-trump","tag-us-news","tag-womens-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}